Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 28,716, Samuel Drew, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Drew, Samuel
S 28,716
CONTENTS

32.985
New York Albany
Samuel Drew of Albany in the State of New York who was a Private in the Comp. commanded by Captain Mead of the Regt. commanded by Col. ____ in the Revolution time for 6 months New Jersey New York service
awt Feb. 8. 88.
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 20 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 th day of February 1853 and 54
Hon. R. R. Rice
Arrears to the 4th of Feb of R Pension allowance ending
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. } Recorded by W. H. Meighan Clerk. Book 32 Vol. 4 Page 19

The original papers in this case have been returned to the Liberator office or lost in the mail they were directed directed to that office Gerrit Howell
Nov 18 236
Samuel Duer Stephen County New York
Nov 23
for Mr. Duer
Very S th Respectfully Gerrit Howell
Rev. Samuel Duer Stephen County New York Gerrit Howell M c G N.Y.

The original papers in this case have been returned to the Library of Congress or lost in the mail they were directed to the office of Geno Howell March
No 18236
Samuel Drew Steuben County New York
e.i. Engr R
for return of legal papers Jany 8th sent to the office of Geno Howell
P.O. Franklin Arbana post office Steuben County New York
Geno Howell M.C. N.Y.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
May 28 1833
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will show what is necessary to be done. These points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, showing the Service of Samuel Drew Steuben County New York
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Called 1. Feby 1777 - 1 16 private Capt Mhead Col Lattimer Valentine's Hill Marched to Fort Independence near Kings Bridge 73 years Fredericks Town County of Dutches Traditionary evidence Witness's certificate Clergman's certificate &c.   Drafted March 1777 - 4 - private Capt Simkins Marched to Westpoint New York papers not properly attached.   Called out Sept 1777 - 3 - private Capt Mhead Col Lattimer   Called out 1. Ap 1778 - 3 - private Capt Crane   Called out Oct. July 1778 - 1 14 private Capt Mhead   Leaked 1778 - 1 14 private Capt Mhead   Vol - July 1779 - 3 - private Capt Mhead  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I _____ of the Court of _____ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this _____ day of _____ &c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____ hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B., who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the _____ and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following ( m ) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons -one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

Samuel Snow's
Pension Papers
1823
V
Nov 31 $3.85 35 1.62 5.47 25 d

State of New York Steuben County } p: On this Sixteenth day of October 1832 per- -sonally appeared in open Court before the Court of Com- -mon Pleas of the County of Steuben aforesaid now sitting Samuel Drew a resident of the town of Putney County and State aforesaid aged about three years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 9 th 1832 - That he entered the Service of the United States as a Militia -man named officer and served as herein after stated, to wit, that the deponent resided at the time he entered the Service in the town of Fredericktown and County of Dutchess now County of Putnam and State of New York, that he together with his father Gilbert Drew were called out on an alarm together with the matetia Company to which this deponent belonged on the the first of February 1777 under Captain Hesekiah Meard Lieutenant John Robertson and Ensign David Hig- -gin that this deponent and his Company joined a Ma- -lita Regiment commanded by Col Henry Lattimore and marched from Fredericktown to attack the British at Fort Independence near Kingsbridge in the vicin- -ity of the City of New York that this deponent the day after he arrived in the neighborhood of Kingsbridge was in a skirmish with the British at a place called Valentine Hill at which the Americans had a Redoubt in which engagement there was one man killed and sev- -eral wounded. That about  four days afterwards this deponent was in another engagement with the British at the same place the British coming out of Fort Washington which they had taken from the Amer- -icans the fall before in which last engagement there were several killed and wounded that the deponent was at the place last aforesaid the week in actual Service when he was discharged - That about  in the latter part of the month of March 1777 at Fredericktown aforesaid the deponent was drafted for four months and entered the Service again as a Militia man at the place aforesaid under Captain Scrivener Lieutenant David Higgins and ensign Joseph Chandler that this deponent served out his aforesaid term of four months in the village

of Fredericktown town and county last of all said where this deponent together with the Company to which he belonged under the before mentioned officers was stationed to guard some Military Stores which had just been removed from Danbury in the State of Connecticut to what was called Morrison's Store at the last mentioned village that this deponent was at the expiration of four months  the term of service duly dischar- ged - That this deponent on the 13th day of  on the 13th day of September 1777 and the militia Company to which he belonged were called out on an alarm to oppose the British in ascending the Hudson River, under Col. Henry Satter- ton Captain Hezekiah Mead Lieutenant John Robert Son and Ensign David Porter, that this deponent marched with his Company as such militia man to Hudsons river nearly opposite West Port on the east side of said River where this deponent and his Company was employed for the term of four weeks in building a fort on or near the banks of said River in carrying stones and grave and picketing the fort with sharpened poles called Gabions, that at the expiration of three months from the time this deponent was called out as a volunteer was duly discharged that this deponent has forgotten the name of the fort so erected. That on the 1st day of April  about the 1st of April 1778 the militia Company to which this deponent belonged was called out and this deponent was called out as a classed militia man at Fredericktown afield and entered the service at a place called Cum- berland near Peekskill on the North River under Cap- tain John Crane Lieutenant Deborah Berry that this deponent Company was stationed at the last mentioned place as a garrison under the last mentioned officers to protect the lines as it was then called for the term of three months during which term of three months this deponent was duly discharged at the expiration of which time this deponent was discharged
That this deponent at the last fort  latter part of July 1778 and soon after he was discharged or stopped there was called out together with the militia Company to which he belonged under Captain Hezekiah Mead Lieutenant John Robert Son and Ensign David Porter by permission at Frederick- town afield and marched from thence to a place called Gallows Hill near Peekskill at number 2 on the east

To which he reads the foregoing as a full and true statement of the facts of his service in the war of the Revolution.
Side of Hudson River where this deponent remained with his Company in  was watching the enemy when this deponent was discharged - That about one week after this deponent had returned to his father in Fredericktown aforesaid on the 14th of  in 1778 this deponent was again called out together with the last mentioned Company and marched to Peekskill as Provost where this deponent was for  the  time of  the  four weeks more at the expiration of the last mentioned term he was duly discharged.
That in the month of July 1779 this deponent volunteered and entered a volunteer Company of Rangers at Fredericktown aforesaid under Captain Joshua Baker and Lieutenant James Townsend and marched to Fish Kill in Dutchess County on the Hudson where which last mentioned place and its vicinity this deponent and the Company to which he belonged remained for the term of three months, hunting for Tories and deserters and defending the last mentioned place from the depredations of the Tories at which last mentioned place this deponent at the expiration of his term of three months was on the 14th of Octob r 1779  duly discharged - That this deponent further says that he did not upon being discharged at either of the aforesaid times receive a written discharge and that he has no documentary evidence of his service and that he knows of no friend whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service that he was born as he has been informed by his Parents and believe on the 7th day of March 1759 in the town of Dockstier  Fredericktown and then County of Middlesex  Ulster now County of Dutchess  Putnam and State of New York and that since the close of the Revolutionary war he has resided in the following places and for the following periods of time, to wit: in the town of Fredericktown aforesaid about three years that this deponent then removed to the town of Warwick County of Orange and State aforesaid where he resided thirty years that he then removed into the town of Patteney and County of Steuben and State aforesaid where this deponent has ever since resided and still resides That there was a record of this deponent's account his aforesaid term of four months in the village

of Fredericktown town and county last aforesaid where kept in his father's family but whether the said Record is still in existence or not this deponent is unable to state that Jonathan Eaton and of the of the town of Mtana and County of Steuben and David B Cornell a Cler- -gyman of the same place and Daniel H. Drew of the town of Patteney and County aforesaid live neigh- -bours to this deponent and can certify to their respec- -tents character in truth and veracity and their belief of any of them being a soldier of the Revolution that he has only heard of it from his father and that he has only heard of it from his father Subscribed and sworn the day and year aforesaid Samuel Drew M c S. Ramsey Dep. C lerk Steuben County
State of New York } Steuben County } ss The David B. Cornell a Clergyman residing in the town of Mtana and County of Steuben and State of New York aforesaid and Jonathan Eaton of the same place and Daniel H. Drew of the town of Patteney and County and State last aforesaid hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Sam- -uel Drew who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be the Seventy three years of age that he is respected and he lived in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion David B. Cornell Jonathan Eaton Daniel H. Drew Subscribed and sworn the day and year aforesaid M c S. Ramsey Dep. C lerk Steuben County
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories presented by the war department that the above named Applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states and the Court further certifies that it appears to

Then that David B. Conill who has signed the preceding Certificate is a Clergyman resident in the said town of Mahon and that Jonathan Eaton who has also signed the same is also a resident in the said town of Mahon and that Daniel F. Drew who has also signed the same is a resident of the town of Patten and that the said Jonathan Eaton and Daniel F. Drew are credible persons and that their statements are entitled to credit
Geo. L. Edwards
John Cooper Jr
Paul C. Cook
I Martin S. Runsey deputy Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Penobscot do certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Samuel Drew for a pension -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this sixteenth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two
M. S. Runsey dep. Clk Penobscot County
out his aforesaid term of four months in the village

MMNF am
May 18, 1926
George D. Lockwood 418 Emmet St., Ypsilanti, Mich.
Sir:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 28716 it appears that Samuel Drew , son of Gilbert Drew, was born March 7, 1759 in Peekskill, Westchester County, New York.
While a resident of Fredericktown, Dutchess County, New York he enlisted and served as a private in the New York Troops as follows:
From February 5, 1777, six weeks in Captain Hezekiah Mead's Company, Colonel Henry Ludenton's Regiment, and was in
From March 25, 1777, four months in Captain Nathaniel Scribner's Company, Colonel Henry Ludenton's Regiment.
From September 15, 1777, three months in Captain Hezekiah Mead's Company, Colonel Henry Ludenton's Regiment.
From April 3, 1778, three months in Captain John Crane's Company, Colonel Henry Ludenton's Regiment.
From July 1778, six weeks in Captain Hezekiah Mead's
two battles at Valentine's Hill

Company, Colonel Henry Ludenton's Regiment, and from September 15, 1778, six weeks in same company and regiment.
From July 1779, three months in Captain Joshua Myrick's Company, Colonel Henry Ludenton's Regiment.
He was in two battles at Valentine's Hill in his enlistment in February 1777. His father served in the same company with him in his first enlistment; at which time he was also a resident of Fredericktown, New York.
Samuel Drew went from Warwick, Orange County, New York to Pultney, Steuben County, New York where he was allowed pension on his application executed October 16, 1832.
It is not stated whether he was ever married.
The Revolutionary War records of this Bureau fail to afford any further information in regard to the above named Gilbert Drew.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.
This should have been in forepart of letter.

28716
Very INVALID.
1907 Dec. 3. Heist to H. R. McMurtrie and 1926 - May 18 - Heist to Geo. D. Lockwood - mmnt
File No. 28,716
Samuel Drew
Rev War
Act: June 7 th 82 nd
Index: —Vol. 2 , Page 114
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Washington Feb. 11. 1846
Sir, you will oblige me by furnishing the papers desired by Mr. Lynde in the accompany- ing letter -
I have the honor to be
very respectfully
your obedt Servt
Albert Smith
Hon. J. L. Edwards } Comm. Pensions }

Pension Office, December 19, 1831
Sir,
In answer to your enquiry respecting the case of Samuel Drew, of Steuben County N.Y. I have to inform you that the claim may be admitted for six months service, which period will entitle him to a pension of $20 per annum from the 4 th March 1831
Upon your acceptance of the above allowance, a certificate may be issued,
I have the honor to be, very respectfully, Your Ol d Serv t
D e Neale Commissioner of Pensions
Hon R. Robie House of Representatives
Col l
Rev

Brief in the case of Samuel Drew, Shuber County and State of New York act 7 June 1832
Claim, ("original," or "for increase." )
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Traditional and witness, a prisoner, who served with him
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Name and residence of Agent
Wm R. Robbie N.Y.C.
J. Cole Examining Clerk.

Urbana N.Y. Sept 15 1838
J. D. Edwards Esq. Sir
Some four years since Mr Samuel Drown of this town made application for a pension under the Act of 1832 & found a portion of his services, as he tells me but owing to the removal of his Agent employed in the hearings the application has been neglected.
He now wishes information as to the situation of the matter & if necessary thinks he can procure further proof.
An Answer is Respectfully requested
Morris Brown

State of New York } Steuben County } ss.
Isaac Drew of the town of Kent in the County of Putnam and State of New York being in the Seventy Eighth year of his age doth depose and say, that in the year 1776 this deponent with his brother Samuel Drew (who now lives in the County of Steuben in said State of New York) enlisted in a company of Rangers in the United States Service under Captain Joshua Herrick and served for upwards of three months with the said Merrick at and in the neighbourhood of Fishkill in Dutchess County in said State the said deponent's brother Samuel served with this deponent during the last mentioned period of three months and up- -ward in ranging the mountains and country for Tories and deserters and guarding the prisoners taken, that the time of service of this depo- -nent and his brother as above set forth expired in the first part of the year 1777 at which time he this deponent and his said brother Samuel were discharged after serving upwards of three months as aforesaid That in the Spring of 1777 this deponent and his said brother Samuel enlisted into Captain Nathaniel Scribner's Company and was stationed to Guard Morris's Store at a place now called Patterson in Putnam County then in Dutchess County; the Lieutenant was Joseph Chandler the ensign's names were Higgins the service performed at this time by this deponent and his said brother was at least four months each and this deponent believes some time more than four months and that they this deponent and the said Samuel were discharged but had no written discharge This deponent further states, that his said brother Samuel was frequently called out on alarms under Captain Mear, that he would

Some times by one several weeks at a time, that this deponent was during more than half the time from the year 1776 until the close of the war absent from home in the Army and cannot therefore tell particularly how much time his brother Samuel was in the service; but should suppose that his said brother was so engaged in actual service at least ten months in the course of the Revolutionary war after he had performed the two terms as a Quota - And this deponent makes - Has, and believes, that none of the officers under whom they served are living  Subscribed & sworn before me this 28 th day of August 1834  Isaac Drew
B. W. Franklin Comr of Deeds for Steuben County
State of New York Steuben County } ss: I do hereby certify that I have been in the County of Steuben and State of New York being duly sworn do hereby certify that he is well acquainted with Isaac Drew the person who took and subscribed the above affidavit, that he lived neighbor to said Drew for upward of twenty years in the County of Putnam and State of said where said Isaac Drew has always resided and still resides, that the said Isaac Drew is an intelligent respectable man whose statements can be relied on and are entitled to credit - And further this deponent says not

Subscribed and sworn
before me this 20 th
day of August 1834
B. W. Franklin } Comr of Sub rs } for Steuben County }
David Longwell
I certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named David Longwell & that he is a respectable man of good reputation for truth & veracity Also that I am personally acquainted with B. W. Franklin Esq. and that he is such officer as is described in above affidavit and duly authorized to administer oaths state affidavits to be read in courts of Recds within the State of New York Dated at Bath in the County State above mentioned this 25 th day of September
AD 1834
David Howell - u b

Laclede Hotel
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St. Joseph, Mo. Jan. 25, 1908
Dear Sir
It has been suggested that perhaps you could give the record of Samuel Drew (my Grandfather) Rev. war. N.Y. His father Gilbert Drew. — The former recd. a pension in 1852 I think when R. E. Robie, former Bath N.Y. was M.C.
His death occurred in Bethany N.Y. Oct 16, 1853, aged 74 yrs. Gilbert Drew, my Grandfather, was in the same Co. Ind reg. I think, other than that I know nothing of his record.
Any information from either or both will be thankfully recd.
Very Resp y Yours J. M. Drew, address above

Ans May 8-26
GEO. D. LOCKWOOD REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE
YPSILANTI, YPSILANTI, MICHIGAN, March 27th, 1926
United States Pension Office, Washington, D. C. Gentlemen:-
According to my information one Samuel Drew enlisted in the Revolutionary Army in 1775, age 16 yrs. He became Captain in the 22nd Vol. Infantry New York. The records of Col. Livingston's Regiment of New York Militia-Captain Hezekiah Mead should show the data. I think he enlisted from Putnam County, New York. His father Gilbert Drew was a Revolutionary soldier in the same regiment.
I am a great grandson of this Samuel Drew. Some of our family should be eligible for membership in the Daughters of the American Revolution.
Thanking you for any information you may give me relative to this subject, I am,
truly yours,
Geo. D. Lockwood

GEO. D. LOCKWOOD  REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE
YPSILANTI, MICHIGAN, May 14th, 192 6
United States Pension Office, Washington, D. C.. Gentlemen:-
The following is a copy of a letter mailed and dated March 27th, 1926 to your office. I have received no answer nor has the letter been returned. May I not have an answer to it? Copy: "According to my information one Samuel Drew enlisted in the Revolutionary Army in 1775 at age 16 yrs. He became Captain in the 22nd Vol. Infantry New York. The Records of Col. Ludington's Regiment of New York Militia-Captain Hezekiah Vesc should show the data. I think he enlisted from Putnam County, New York. His Father, Gilbert Drew was was a Revolutionary soldier in the same regiment.
"I am a great-grand-son of this Samuel Drew. Some of our family should be eligible for membership in the Daughters of the American Revolution". information as per above
Thanking you in advance for an early reply,
I am,
Truly yours,
Geo. D. Lockwood.

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Dear Sir;-
I would like to have your kind assistance in furnishing me information regarding the service of Samuel Drew, a pensioner of the War of the American Revolution, which I wish in connection with evidence to be furnished the Daughters of the American Revolution.
My information leads me to believe that Samuel Drew was born in Orange County, New York, and that he enlisted at the age of sixteen. He received his pension, including back pay, about 1850 or 1851, and it was paid to him until the date of his death, October, 1853, age 93 or 94. The pension was secured for him by Reuben Robie, Congressman from Bath, New York. I cannot at this time furnish the name of his company or of his command.
Trusting the above information will enable you to locate this pensioner, and thanking you for your efforts in so doing, I remain,
Yours very truly,
H. R. McMurtrie

Act of June 7. 1832
Samuel Brown N.Y. etc suspended
See Letter Mar 19 th to Hon. Col. Howell
N.Y. B. to Morris Brown 22. Sep. 1838
U.S. Lett to B. McEwen & Kiffin 15 Oct. 1834

Hon. Albert Smith
25 July 1846
Hon. R. R. Reece 19 Dec 1851

Mt Vernon Me 29 Sept 1834
St. Louis
Hon
Genl Lewis Cass
Secretary of War Washington Dist Col
on Wisc
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Sam Drew
October 4 1834
Pension Office
Washington D.C.
John

Notawa Sept 27 th 1834
Honorable Lewis Cass Sir
I enclose an afft in the matter of Samuel Drew of this County for a pension - The afft is made by his brother just older than himself, who resides about 300 miles from here in the County of Putnam in this State & also Samuel Drew had been informed was dead at the time he made his application for a pension - His brother Isaac visited him in August when I procured from him the enclosed affidavit - The applicant Samuel Drew is a highly respectable old man of this County - His brother Isaac, who has subscribed the enclosed afft is an intelligent and reputed to be an honest & worthy man in consequence of his age and the time that has elapsed since the war they suffer some regard to the provisions their clear particular services were performed.
I also enclose the afft of one of our Citizens, who until a few years past has always resided in the neighborhood of and been well acquainted with Isaac Drew.
I have procured likewise the certificate of the Member of Congress from this district Mr. Howick, who resides in the vicinity of & is well acquainted with Mr. Samuel Drew - I trust these affidavits & certificate will prove satisfactory to the department & that they will not hesitate to extend to the applicant that small pension he so justly deserves.
Yours truly J. B. W. Manklin

Original declaration Sam L. Drew N.Y. Act d by regis d Theo Hoyt offic d
Urbana Ill. Nov 5
James S. Howard Commissaire of Pensions Washington City

Port Noor 5 th 1833
Sir Enclosed I send you the original papers in the case of the application of Samuel Drew for a pension under the acts of the 7 th June 1832. The reason why they were not sent with the other papers was because I supposed it unnecessary. You will find that I have marked and interlined the enclosed papers. Some this was done by me under the misapprehension, that it was not necessary, that they should be returned. The ap- plicant (Samuel Drew) is an honest miller Stirton, and deserving old man. Should you be in any doubt about the justice of his claim I would refer you to the Hon. Edward Howard Member Elect for this District in Congress, who will soon be in Washington. At the time I sent you Mr Drew's last papers I also sent you the papers of John Sayer, in case Mr Sayer's Papers have been examined please inform me the result of his application.
Yrs I. L. Rawson
Respectfully yours & J. B. M. Franklin

Samuel Drew Pension Papers

State of New York Steuben County } On this 19 th day of June 1833 personally appeared in Open Court before the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Steuben aforesaid now sitting Samuel Drew a resident of the town of Pultney County and State of aforesaid aged seventy four years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 4 th 1832 that he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein after stated, to wit, that this deponent joined at the time he entered the service at the town of Frederickstown in the County of Dutchess now County of Putnam and State of New York that he and his father Gilbert Drew were called out as militia men together with the militia Company to which they belonged on the fifth day of February 1777 under Captain Benjamin Meara Lieutenant John Robertson and Ensign David Hegin that the deponent and his Company under the aforesaid officers joined on the same day a Militia Regiment commanded by Col Henry Lutton and marched from Frederickstown aforesaid to attack the British at Fort Independence near Kings Bridge in the vicinity of the City of New York that the deponent the day after arrived in the vicinity of Kings Bridge was in a skirmish with the British at a place called the Walnut Hill where the Americans made a stand in which engagement there was one man killed and several wounded that some days afterwards the deponent was in another engagement with the British at the same place the British coming out of Fort Washington which they had taken from the Americans the fall before that in that last mentioned engagement there were several Americans killed

And wounded also those of the enemy were killed but the deponent is unable to state the exact number of killed and wounded on either side that the Americans were commanded in the engagement by General Heath, that the deponent remained in the vicinity of Kingsbridge under the aforesaid officers in actual service for the term of six weeks, when he was discharged and returned to Frederickstown - That about the twelfth of March 1777 according to the best recollection of this deponent he was drafted as a private in the militia Company at Frederickstown aforesaid for four months and on the same day entered the service again as a mili- -tia man at the place last aforesaid under Captain Scrivener Lieutenant David Higgins and Ensign Joseph Chandler that this deponent served out his aforesaid term of four months, in the village of Frederickstown aforesaid as a private in the militia Company and commanded by the officers last aforesaid when this deponent together with said Company were detached by the aforesaid Col. Strong Gullerton to guard some military stores, which had been removed from Danbury in the State of Connecticut to what was then called Morrisons Stores, at the last mentioned village - That this deponent was at the expiration of four months from the time he entered the service as last aforesaid and under the aforesaid officers duly discharged. That this deponent about the 15th day of September 1777 was called out as private mili- -tia man at Frederickstown aforesaid on an alarm to oppose the British, who were ascending the Hudson River; under Col. Strong Gullerton Captain Hes- -chiah Mead Lieutenant John Robertson and En- -sign David Porter, that on this deponent on the same day he was so called out marched from Frederickstown as a private with a militia Company under the command
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of the last mentioned officers to Hudsons river nearly opposite West Point on the east side of said river where this deponent and his company were employed under the last mentioned officers in erecting a fort on or near the banks of the river in carrying stone and gravel and picketing the fort with sharpened poles called palisades for the term of four weeks, that after the said fort was completed this deponent and his company were in actual service under the aforesaid last mentioned officers watching the movements of the British and Tories in and in the vicinity of said fort for three months from the time he was called out when he was duly discharged at the last mentioned fort, that this deponent has forgotten the name of the fort so erected - That on the first day of April 1878 the Militia Company to which this deponent belonged in the said County of Dutchess were called and this de- ponent was on the same day called out as a class man - this man and  such at Poughkeepsie of the said and as such on the third of April 1878 entered the service as a private at a place called Cinnabon near Poughkeepsie on the Hudson River - That the Militia Company which this deponent joined at the last mentioned place was commanded by Captain John Crane Lieuten- -ant Sabish Berry this deponent and the aforesaid Com- -pany under the last mentioned officers was were stationed -co at the last mentioned place in a garrison by the order of Col Henry Saltentorn to protect the lines as it was then called for the incursions of the British and Tories -A prostration of the Tories for the term of three months during which said term of three months this deponent served as such private in said garrison under the last mentioned officers where at the expiration of said last
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mentioned term he was discharged
That this deponent the latter part of July 1778 but the exact day this deponent is unable to state from the length of time elapsed and consequent loss of memory he was called out as a private at Fredericktown aforesaid under the Command of Capt. Ezekiel Mead Lieutenants John Robertson and Ensign David Porter and formed a company of militia under the aforesaid officers and on the same day marched by order of Col. Henry Sutherland to a place called Gallows Hill near Peekskee aforesaid at 8 o'clock on the East side of Hudson's River where this deponent and the Company to which he belonged remained in garrison watch- 1112 - ing the enemy Six weeks when this deponent was discharged and this deponent further says that about one week after this deponent was last discharged and according to the best recollection of this deponent on the 15th day of September 1778 this deponent and the militia Company last mentioned most last named officers were called out at Fredericktown aforesaid by order of Col. Henry Sutherland and on the same day this deponent marched as a private with said Company to Peekskee where this deponent was then stationed to watch with the Company to which he belonged under the Command of the last mentioned officers to watch the motion of the British and that this deponent remained in garrison for the space of six weeks when he was dis- 1112 - charged at the last mentioned place
That this deponent in the month of July 1779 but the exact day he is unable to state formed a Company of Rangers as a private volunteer at Fredericktown aforesaid under Captain Joshua Morrick and Lieutenants James Townsend and marched under said volunteer Company under the Command of the last mentioned officers to Fish Kill in the County of Dutchess aforesaid on the Hudson River.

at which last mentioned place and to the only other dependent and the last mentioned Company of Rangers remained under the command of the last named officer for the space of three months in actual service hunting for Tories and deserters from the American Army and dis- arming the village of Fishkill from the apprehension of the Tories, at the expiration of the last mentioned term of three months the dependent was discharged at Fishkill by his Captain Joshua Church. That the last mentioned Company was a volunteer Company raised by the said Captain Joshua Church and composed of volunteers from the said County of Dutchess for the purpose of defending the County of Dutchess particularly Fishkill and its vicinity from the British and Tories that said Company during the aforesaid term of three months was under the com- mand of no general officer as this deponent recollects but was exclusively under the command of the Captain and Lieutenant aforesaid. And this deponent further says that the whole time his dependent served as above stated in the war of the Revolution was one year five months and twelve days during all which time he at all times was not employed in any civil pursuits but was during all the time aforesaid employed in actual service of the State of New York as a private soldier in the militia of said State as a volunteer either in the field or in garrison as above stated and set forth. And this deponent further says that he did not upon being discharged at either of the times above mentioned receive a military discharge. And that he has no documentary evidence of his service. And that he knows of no person who has testimony he can procure who can testify to his service, that he was born as he has been informed by his parents and believes on the fourth day of March 1749 1759 in the town of Poughkeepsie and County of Westchester and State of New York and that since the close of the Revolutionary war he has resided in the following places and for the following periods of time mentioned upon which more were mentioned.

to wit, in the town of Fredericktown, afuaid about three years that this deponent then removed to the town of Warwick County of Ohio and State of Ohio where he resided thirty years that this deponent then re- moved to the town of Pottstown County of Chester and State of Ohio where he has ever since resided and still resides - That there was a record of this deponent's age kept in his father's family but whether the said Record is still in existence or not this deponent is unable to state and this deponent further says upon his oath of afuaid that by reason of old age and the course of great loss of memory together with the time that has elapsed since he served as above stated he cannot in all cases state the precise day of the month in which he en- tered the service or the day of the month on which he was discharged but that according to the best recollection of this deponent he served not less than the periods above mentioned as a private (viz) that this deponent served the period of fourteen months and twelve days in the militia of the State of Pennsylvania and within the limits of the Counties of Berks and Northampton in said State and that this deponent served as a volunteer for the period of three months as above stated making in the whole seventeen months and twelve days service and for such service he claims a pension
And this deponent further says that William Frazier and Samuel Frazier of the town of Pottstown in the County of Chester and State of Ohio and David Frazier a clergy- man of the Presbyterian town of Milbank and County of Chester of afuaid live neighbors to this deponent and can testify to this deponent's character for truth and veracity and their belief of his being a soldier of the revolution that he hereby relinquishes every other claim for a pension or annuity and the claim that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any State -

Subscribed and sworn the 19 th day of June in the year of our Lord Wm. J. P. Dull Clerk of Steubenville Com. Pleas
Samuel Dyer
State of Ohio Steubenville } For David B. Coriell a clergyman residing in the town of Urbana County of Steubenville State of Ohio aforesaid and Daniel F. Dyer and William Fairfield of the town of Putnam County and State of Ohio hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Samuel Dyer who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be about four years of age that he is re- spected and beloved in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in the above opinion that the said Samuel Dyer was a Soldier of the Revolution as he has in his above declaration stated and set forth
Subscribed and sworn the day and year aforesaid Wm. J. P. Dull Clerk of Steubenville Com. Pleas
David B. Coriell Daniel F. Dyer William Fairfield
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogations prescribed by the war de- partment that the above named applicant was a revolutionary Soldier and served as he states and the Court further certifies that it appears to them that mentioned in paragraph three were loyal Americans killed

David B. Conell, who has signed the preceding Certificate is a Clergyman residing in the town of Maria and that the said David H. Drew and William Stanfield — who have also signed the same are residents of the town of Putney and that the said William Stanfield and David H. Drew are credible persons and that their statements are entitled to credit
Geo. C. Edwards
Paul C. Cook
John Cooper Jr
I William H. Bull Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Hunter do certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Samuel Drew for a pension I further certify that the above named Geo. C. Edwards, Paul C. Cook and John Cooper Jr. Esquires are judges of the said Court of Common Pleas for said County of Hunter
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 19 th day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three.
W. H. Bull Clerk

In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of Samuel Drew , a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. S. 28716
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     ✓ Feb. 5 1777. 6 wks Pvt. Hezekiah Mead Henry Sundercuta  Lutterton N.Y.   Mar. 25 1777 11 mos Nathaniel Scribner " "   Sept. 15 1777 3 mos " Hezekiah Mead " "   Apr. 3 1778 3 " " John Crane " "   July 1778 6 wks " Hezekiah Mead " "   Sept. 15 1778 6 wks " Hezekiah Mead " "   July 1779 3 mos " Joshua Myrick " "  
Battles engaged in, ✓ 2 at Valentine's Hill
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Frederickstown N.Y.
Date of application for pension, Oct. 11. 1832.
Residence at date of application, Rutney, Ulster Co. N.Y.
Age at date of application, 73 b. Mar. 7. 1759 Pekskeel, Westchester Co. N.Y.
Remarks:
Sol. Father Gilbert served in same Co with him in Feb. 1777. Let. of pension was issued Feb. 10. 1852 and sent to Hon. R. Robie H. of P. (In list of Feb. 10. 08 was added { A careful search of the records fails to show that a claim for pension was filed on account of Rev. war service of Gilbert Drew }